Mother Mary Alphonsa, Daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne, is Now Called a Servant of God

Posted July 9, 2017 10:40 pm by NCRegister

By Stephanie Mann | Nathaniel Hawthorne added the “w” to his last name because one of his ancestors was John Hathorne, a Salem witch trial judge, and he wanted to distance himself from that legacy. Raised in a Calvinist milieu,…